The Payson Fire Department held their Fire Prevention Week coloring contest this month and the winners from Barnett are: Mackenzie Christensen, Shanae Ramirez, Daniela Chavez, Madison Hill, Mark Peterson, and Sarah Thomson. These students got to take a ride on a fire truck to the fire station where they enjoyed a yummy lunch with our city firefighters. We want to thank the Payson Fire Department for helping our students learn about fire safety in a fun way!

Grandparents' Day with the third grade at Barnett Elementary is always a fun day for third graders and their grandparents, not to mention the parents that come to watch the program.  Not only is  it a fun day, but it helps students become more aware of the loving community around them, as they learn in social studies.  After a lunch provided by Barnett's own lunch ladies, some students took their grandparents on a tour of the school, while others sat and talked with their grandparents who had come for the special day.

Barnett Elementary recently held their First Annual Parent Night where parents could come meet with grade levels to receive instruction on how to help their children at home with reading, writing, and math. Teachers were excited to share with parents ways to check for understanding when reading, ideas to get kids writing at home, and how to solve real world math problems. Parents appreciated handouts, games, and strategies they could use at home with their children. Prizes were handed out to families as a thank you for attending.

Barnett Elementary had a special visitor to celebrate Read for the Record, an event where children across America celebrate literacy by reading the same book. Nebo School District Board Member, Christine Riley visited our school to share the book for this year, Otis by Loren Long. Mrs. Riley read to Kindergarten and 1st graders the book, Otis, about an important tractor and even shared a story abouther own family’s tractors. She then donated the book she read to our school library. The children loved listening to the story, Otis read by our special visitor.

Please see the October 2013 Newsletter attached below.

Barnett Elementary 5th grade students were mesmerized as a ‘Foam Gnome’ grew out of the cup in front of them. In a presentation put on by the Discovery Gateway Museum the students saw first hand many chemical and physical changes. They learned about the three states of matter and were able to enjoy a ‘hands on lab’ creating their own physical and chemical reactions. The students enjoyed the afternoon and left the lab with a great understanding of chemistry thanks to the informative and engaging presentation! 

Barnett students are healthy and happy. To celebrate being healthy our school is participating in Walk More in Four by having students walk or bike to school at least 3 days a week for the 4 weeks in September. Our bus students who may not be able to walk to school can still participate by practicing safe habits while walking or biking in their neighborhoods.

Here’s how to participate:

Please see the attachement below for this month's newsletter.

The Reading Program at Barnett kicked off with S.H.I.E.L.D. (Students Having Interesting Exciting Learning Days) showing up and offering support to Mrs. Angela Stoddard as she tried to combat the enticings of Evil Dr. Dropout (Mrs. Lisa Peterson). Dr. Dropout tried to persuade students to play video games, watch TV, and sleep instead of reading.  However, when Chick Learny (Mrs. Gwen Spencer) came with her band of heroes--Captain Accuracy, More (books), the Incredible Bulk, Fluency Man, Book Reader, and Sharp Eye (Ms. Whitney Zylstra, Mr. Austin Cope, Mrs. Clea Comte, Mrs.